Sales of Confederate flags soar in Colorado

[struggle4progress]

POSTED 10:30 PM, JULY 10, 2015
BY CHRIS JOSE

... Despite the controversy, A House of Flags in Littleton isn’t pulling the rebel banner from the showroom floor. In previous years, the store would sell less than six a month. In recent weeks, 85 confederate flags have been sold. Owner John Seebeck expects demand for the flag to rise. “People have thought about getting the Confederate flag, now they’re more urgent to get some some, not knowing what the future will bring,” said Seebeck ...

http://kwgn.com/2015/07/10/sales-of-confederate-flags-soar-in-colorado/

[struggle4progress]

1. (GA) Athens-area stores still selling Confederate flag see an uptick in sales

By JIM THOMPSON
updated Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 5:02am

... “There’s been an uptick in the last week or two,” employee Stephen Young said Friday when asked about sales of the Confederate battle flag, which has regularly been available at the store. Young couldn’t say how many Confederate battle flags the store sells in an average week or month, and he also wouldn’t speculate on the motivations of customers who’ve bought the flags recently. He did say, though, that the store gets its Confederate flags from “a few different suppliers,” and added the store expects the flags to remain available through those suppliers ...

http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2015-07-10/athens-area-stores-still-selling-confederate-flag-see-uptick-sales

[kentuck]

2. Very predictable.

For every action a like reaction.

[Munificence]

3. 5-1 odds

that this will turn into a southern bashing thread by post 6.

[cwydro]

4. I'm willing to bet you are 100% right.

All the bashers (and we know who they are) are probably pming each other even at this moment.